The Zeitgeist List · Coordinators · Never a head coach
Andy Kotelnicki.
Offensive coordinator · 11 seasons · 6 stints · 3 programs4 seasons ranked in the national top 10%
Own effect on the unit
Offense+0.24not distinguishable from zero
model fit as of 2026-09-04
The tenure clock
Every stop re-aligned to its own first year, so the stops stack instead of scrolling past each other. The gray dashed line is a reference, not a path: each point is the median of whoever was still in the job that year, across every real OC/DC stint since 2014 at that role, and the pool shrinks year over year because surviving to a later year means not having been fired.
Buffalo 2015–2020
Kansas 2021–2023
Penn State 2024–2025
Median of those still in the job, that year of a tenure. A shrinking pool, not a path.
Buffalo, 6 years
▲ 60.1
34.0 to 94.1 percentile.
Kansas, 3 years
▲ 77.0
20.4 to 97.4 percentile.
Penn State, 2 years
▼ 12.5
97.4 to 84.9 percentile.
Median offensive coordinator
+0.5
first season to last, across 222 stints of 3+ years. 50.9% improve at all.
Every stop on the calendar
| Years | Program | Walked into | Year 1 | Best | Vs. talent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–2016 | Buffalo | 66.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | ▼ 11.2 |
| 2017–2020 | Buffalo | 12.9 | 66.5 | 94.1 | ▲ 43.9 |
| 2021–2022 | Kansas | 0.4 | 20.4 | 91.2 | ▲ 6.8 |
| 2023–2023 | Kansas | 91.2 | 97.4 | 97.4 | ▲ 46.3 |
| 2024–2024 | Penn State | 85.3 | 97.4 | 97.4 | ▲ 31.8 |
| 2025–2025 | Penn State | 97.4 | 84.9 | 84.9 | ▲ 18.8 |
Buffalo 2015–2016: ranked 66th the year before he arrived, 34th at its best — went backwards.
Penn State 2025–2025: ranked 97th the year before he arrived, 85th at its best — went backwards.